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Risk Factors for Rheumatoid Arthritis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Sparks and colleagues have published a matched cohort analysis demonstrating risk factors that may augment the risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD), especially the combination of obesity, high CRP, high MD-HAQ and >30 pack-year smoking h
Read ArticleFDA Advisors Split on Avacopan for Vasculitis
Members of an FDA advisory panel were sharply divided as to whether avacopan, an oral small molecule inhibitor of the C5a receptor, was sufficiently safe and effective for treating antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis.
Read ArticleAvacopan for ANCA Vasculitis Goes in Front of the FDA
An FDA advisory panel will consider whether to recommend approval of an oral C5a inhibitor for antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, with agency staff raising questions over the "clinical meaningfulness" of key study data.
Read ArticleRheumNow Podcast – Falling or Falling in Love?
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the best journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com.
Read ArticleChildhood Lupus May Hamper Adult Careers
Long-term outcomes of kids with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) are uncommon, but this cSLE cohort analysis suggests that SLE significantly impacts their future education, vocation, and employment as they reach adulthood.
Read ArticleRheumNow Podcast – Uppers and Downers
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com.
Read ArticleRheumNow Podcast – Coconspirators: RA and Lung Disease
Dr. Jack Cush reviews and discusses more than a dozen news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com.
Read ArticleDMARD Dropouts During COVID-19
A full year from the onset of the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, rheumatologists are still seeing the consequences of COVID, with many patients avoiding usual care, follow-up visits, routine lab testing and with many self-stopping their antirheumatic meds, because it seemed like the right thing to do.
Read ArticleRheumNow Podcast – Mistakes with Steroids
Dr Jack Cush gives his spin on this week's RheumNews and Rheum Research from RheumNow.com.
Read ArticleOverview of New VEXAS Syndrome
Medscape offers up an informative overview of the newly described syndrome called VEXAS discovered by researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
Read ArticleHypertension Unaffected by Urate Lowering Therapy
Does uric acid contribute to the risk of hypertension (HTN)? A recent cohort trial shows that allopurinol in young adults does not sufficiently lower blood pressure (BP).
Read ArticleSerious Infections Still Common in Vasculitis
Serious infections occurred more frequently among patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis who were given induction therapy with cyclophosphamide compared with rituximab (Rituxan), Greek researchers found.
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